A review by thebookcoyote
Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

TW/CW: Racism, homophobia, Islamophobia, domestic abuse, talk of suicide 

REVIEW: I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley and am voluntarily writing an honest review. 
Hijab Butch Blues is a memoir that is the story of a Southeast Asian Muslim who has to navigate the world between her religion and her queerness. 
This is a good book. It made me think in new ways and gave a perspective that isn’t heard from very often. The ways she wove together parts of the Quran with her life was interesting and gave a lot of insight into how she was feeling. I’m not a very religious person myself, but I still found this somewhat captivating. 
My one problem with this book was that it jumped around a lot and was sometimes choppy. It isn’t told in an linear fashion and it’s sometimes difficult to understand what came first, or how old she is, or exactly what is going on. 
Nonetheless, this was a good book, and I would definitely recommend it, especially to people of (any) faith.
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